The Department for Transport announced that Avanti West Coast and CrossCountry will continue to run services.
Passengers will be “appalled” that long-term contracts have been handed to two of Britain’s least punctual train operators, according to Labour.
“Rather than rewarding failing operators by renewing their contracts, Labour would end this scandal by bringing them back into public ownership as they expire and put passengers first.” The proportion of its trains being cancelled has been cut to “as low as 1.1% over the past year”, the DfT said. “Now Avanti are back on track, providing long-term certainty for both the operator and passengers will best ensure that improvements continue.”
“The last year has been challenging but I would like to thank our customers as well as stakeholders for their patience.”
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